Search for dissertations about: "exegesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word exegesis.

2. 1. The Spirit in Paul and John : A Comparative Analysis

   Author : Mathias Sånglöf; Jonas Holmstrand; Mikael Tellbe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Spirit; Paul; John; New Testament; Exegesis; Salvation-Historical Framework; Pneuma; Paraclete; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : This study compares occurrences of the Spirit of God in Pauline and Johannine texts on a lexical, grammatical, and conceptual level. The following questions are asked: What are the common traits associated with the Spirit? What is the unique profile of each corpus? Can one corpus help us better understand the other? This objective is pursued by first considering similarities and differences at the lexical and grammatical levels and then by identifying important ideas connected with the Spirit. READ MORE

4. 2. Vindicating Vengeance and Violence? : Exegetical Approaches to Imprecatory Psalms and their Relevance for Liturgy

   Author : Elisabet Nord; Bibelvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Förbannelsepsalmer; Psaltaren; Liturgi; tolkningsstrategier; Hermeneutik; exegetik; generisk tolkningsstrategi; tidegärden; kommentarlitteratur; reception; imprecatory psalms; cursing psalms; vengeance; violence; generic interpretative strategy; generic hermeneutical approach; liturgy; Liturgy of the Hours; prayer; hermeneutics; commentary; exegesis; ethics; philosophy; performativity; logic of self-involvement ; Ps 58; Ps 109; Ps 137; Ps 139; prayer books;

   Abstract : Due to their calls for vengeance and violence the so called imprecatory psalms are generally considered ethically difficult and subsequently omitted from liturgy. This becomes particularly evident in breviaries, such as the Roman Catholic Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, where both entire psalms and individual verses have been omitted. READ MORE

5. 3. Wrestling with Textual Violence : A Case Study of the Jephthah Narrative in Antiquity and Modernity with Special Regard to Gender

   Author : Mikael Sjöberg; Lars Hartman; Hanna Stenström; David Miller Gunn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Humanities and religion; feminism; feminist exegesis; feminist biblical interpretation; gender; classic; canon; ethics of interpretation; narratology; Jephthah; Judges; Pseudo-Philo; Josephus; Handel; Grant Watson; Amos Oz; HUMANIORA OCH RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : How may readers handle the encounter with violence in a “classical text”? The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the debate on the ethics of biblical interpretation with special regard to feminism. To fulfil that aim, a case study of the narrative of Jephthah is made and its implications are discussed at a more general level. READ MORE

6. 4. The green shadow of Christ : a reception-exegetical study of Jesus and Pan in the gospel of Mark

   Author : David Wiljebrand; Karin Neutel; Mikael Tellbe; David Horrell; Sylvia Keesmaat; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gospel of Mark; Pan; Ecological Hermeneutics; eco-critisism; reception exegesis; agrarian culture; agrarianism; imperial ideology; pastoral poetry; Greco-Roman religion; nature discourses; Satan; demonology; Environmental History; nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates presentations of Jesus in the gospel of Mark, mainly chapter 6 and 9, in the light of the juxtaposition of Christ and the Greek nature god Pan. This juxtaposition recurs in the reception history of Pan in Western European culture. READ MORE

7. 5. The Purpose of Romans

   Author : Michael Öberg; Jonas Holmstrand; James Anthony Kelhoffer; Samuel Byrskog; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paul; Romans; the Purpose of Romans; the Good News; the Apostolic Call; the Syntactic Structure; Close Reading; Missionary Purpose; Ethical Demands; Apostolic Work in Rome; Biblical Exegesis; Bibelvetenskap; Nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : This study determines the purpose of Paul’s Letter to the Romans, a purpose that does justice to the content and the flow of argument as well as to the syntactic structure of the letter text. The overall approach is to conduct a particularly close reading and detailed analysis of the introductory and concluding parts of Romans. READ MORE